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- PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907. Y J. H. WILLIAMSON.

BOX. APPLIOATION- FILED AUG. 28, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 28,1905. Serial No. 275.999-

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

To all where it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH H. WILLIAM SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatestoimprovements in boxes, and has for one of its salient objects to provide a box of the typ having a hinged cover overlapping when 0 osed the body or base, whereinmeansare provided for preventing-the undue closure of the boxthat is to say, the forcing of the lid farther down upon the box-body than it is intended to go with a consequent wedging of the lid or cover in such abnormal position.

Afurther object of my invention is to provide by such means for preventing the wedging of the cover upon the base, a construction whereby the box is made strong enough to resist great pressure applied downward upon the top thereof without crushing.

Another object of my invention is to provide a box of the character described wherein the body and cover are each made of a single piece and wherein one or both of said arts is provided with'a flat projecting lip-or ange extending lbeyond the confines of the box and serving, among other functions, to aflord convenient finger-holds.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide, in combination. with a box of the characterdescribed, means whereby the box may be 0 ened without touching the box, and a furt er object of my invention is to providea box and opener construction wherein the individually advantageous -features specified cooperate in combination to pro vide a novel and advantageous box structure.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated a convenient embodiment of my invention ,'Figure 1 is an isometric perspective of the complete box. Fig. 2'is a plan view of the same in open position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the box, and Fig. 4 is a detail of the box-opening lever.

Throughout the drawings like numbers refer to like parts.

5 indicates in general the box base or body, and 6 the lid or cover hinged thereto, as at 7,

by any suitable hinge construction.

.I prefer that the body 5 of the box be constructed of a singlepiece of material,preferably metal, blanked out and suitably bent'or formed to constitute the fiat bottom, the vertical sides 5 5, anda folded lip or flange 5", projecting outwardly from the box at right angles to the vertical sides thereof and extending along one or more sides of the box for instance, along three sides, as shown. I also refer that the top should be constructed in li e general manner, being provided with the top part, of suitable confi uration in cross-section, the vertical side wa ls 6 6' and,

the folded projecting lip or flange 6", preferablyof less width than the lip 5" of the base.

One or more of'the vertical sides of the base or lid, or both, is of such height as to contact when the box is closed with a rigid part of the o posing member extending at. right angles t ereto, so that strain upon the closed box or wedging of its lid u on its base is ositively prevented. Spec cally, I prefer't atone 'or more vertical sides of the cover and also one or more vertical sides of the basebe so extended that the sides of the one member coact when the box is closed with the projecting flange of the other, while the vertical sides of such other member coact with the horizontal surface within the confines of the first said member. In the particular embodiment shown I have illustrated the box as so constructed that all of the free vertical sides of. the base are adapted and arranged for contact throughout their length with the top pf the cover 6, while the vertical sides of such cover are disposed for contact with the rigid horizontal hp 5" of the base.

It will be obvious that such construction lends to the box great strength toresist crushing strains.

While such box as thatlabove describedv is widely applicable, I have found it to be particularly well adapted for the rece tion of inking-pads such as are used to'in handstamps, as it iseasy of manipulation and never wedges shut.

It is well known to users of-hand-stamps thatthe handling of inking-pads is a t to result in the .soiling of the fingers of t e user, as the ink is apt to get smeared upon the box-lid and the fingers will sometimes slip from the cover or the *base member onto the pad-surface. .fWilDl'fB. view. to overcoming this objection and supplying a simple means for effecting the opening of" inkpad and other boxes or receptacles 1 preferably provide means extending to the exterior of the box.

for positively openin the boxwithout necessarily touching the ox proper, such means comprlsing in general a lever having one end' IIO ' shank is'connected to or made inte to be rea ly accessible and its other end disposed for coaction with the box-lid to open the same. In the specific construction shown 8 indicates an inking-pad located, as usual, in the base of the box, and 9 indicates in gen- .eral the box-opening lever. Preferably'said lever comprises a shank 10, extending transversely through the box from'front to back projectingfrom' the box in such position as thereof through the aperture, 11 in the boxbody, the recess 12 in the front edge of the lid; and the recess 13, formed in the bottom. of the pad 8. At its front or exterior end the shankIO is connected to or made integral with a handle 14, (preferably having a fingerpiece 15 at its en and at its rear end said al with a lid-elevating'element "16, prefera ly comprising a cam-shaped part 16 and a counter weight part-17. The elevating-element part 16 is disposed in a suitable recess 18, formed therefor in the pad 8, and when in normal position rests Wit its counterweight part 17 in contact with the bottom of the box'and the crest or highest arched portion of its cam member 16 contactin with the cover 6, adjacent its hinge 7, the andle 14 at the other,

end of the shank 10 being in raised position.

If now pressure be applied to the handle 14 to depress the same, the shank 10 is oscillated and the extended end of the cam member 16 is elevated, exerting a'thrust upon the lid or cover 6 adjacent its hin e, and thereb lifting the lid. 1 If the han le 14 be sharp y depressed, the lid is thrown to 0 en position with a quick movement. It Wll be apparent, further, that the front extension 5 of the box serves to afford a wide bearing extending beyond the pivotal point of handle 14 and serving to prevent the box from ti ping when pressure is a plied to the handle 14. Also, it will be note the construction of the box heretofore described insures that the.

box may be freely opened, and it will be obvious that the rovisions of means for preventing the stic ing of the box-cover is imwithout the auxiliaryfeatures described and that the box structure is advantageous considered without reference to the. opening-lever. Furthermore, while I have described in some detail a s ecific embodiment of my in-' vention, which deem to be valuable, it will be apparent that modifications might be ters Patent, is

1. In a box, a base member, a cover member hinged thereto, and a lever, pivoted on said base member adjacent the bottom thereof and having a handle portion extending to the exterior of the box, and another portion within the box coacting with the cover adjacent the hinge, whereby the depression of the -handle portion effects the, opening movement of the cover.

2. In a box, a base member, av lever extending within and without the box ar-' ranged to be operated from without the box to raise the coverfand a forwardly-projecting part upon said base member constituting an extension-bearing to prevent the box from e ressed.

3. n a box, a base member, a cover member hinged thereto, a lever extending through the side of the box, com rising a handle portion arranged without t e box, a .shank portion traversin the box, and an elevating element dispose 'to coact with-the'cover adjacent its hinge and arranged to raise said cover when the handle portion is de ressed.

4. In a box, a base, a cover ged thereto, and a cam-lever comprising a shank 10 traversing the box at the bottom thereof, a handle portion 14 standing at an angle to horizontal, and an elevating cam portion 16 disposed adjacent the coverhinge.

5. In a box, a base member, a hinged cover" member a lever comprisin a shank traversing the box at the bottom t ereof and extending to the exterior thereof at the front of the box, a handle without the box, and a cam member within the box adapted for coacti'on with-the cover adjacent 1ts' hinge to raise the same whenthe handle is depressed, said member being heavier than the handle member.

6. In a box, a base member, a cover member hinged thereto along one side, the side of one of the members, opposite thehinge, being arranged to closely overlie the corresponding side of the other member, and the side of the underlyin memb'erbeing provided with a substantial y horizontal 'rojection arranged to receive the edge 0 the overlying side of the other member, and a lever extending within and without the box, having a handle portion without the box, a shank portion traversing the box and an elevating element'disposed .to coact with the cover-adjacent its hinge and arranged to raise the cover when the handle portion is depressed.

7'. In a box, a base member comprisingvertical sides, and a-horizontal bottom, ex-

tiptping when the exterior portion of the lever I tended along one of thesides'in a hofizontal liaise along another side; whereby plane beyond. the confines of the veltioalside' whentheboii is closed wedgiiig 0f the'base portions to form an extension ofthqbox-bot, "and cover members together is positively tom, and a cover member, compris ng a top prevented.

5 portion, and a side member at substantially I11 testimohy whereof I herelinto. set my 15 right angles thereto; 'arranged when the box handfin the resence of two witnesses. is closed to overlie a side of the base member SEPH H. WILLIAMSQN.

' and to efieet contact along its edge the In presenoe of bottomextension of the base member afore- L. L; MILLER,

I 10 said, said cover member beinghingedto the Fonim BAIN. 

